Quote Originally Posted by otropogo View Post
Just downloaded 7.4 EN. It passed the md5 test, and the burn was verified. But running knoppix testcd, I ended up with a frozen desktop display with text in background reading:

flame name "Elektrosmog size 256x1538" etc. The swirly blue image obscured most of the text.
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I downloaded my copy from TUWien
I always download from the torrents, have had too many problems from the mirrors (none from the torrents and that way is faster too).

However, if the MD5 passed then I expect that your download is OK. If not, you can fix it with a torrent client without having to download everything again.

I strongly suspect that your problem could be that you did not burn at low speed. I don't like that this is important, but it really is. I've proven this time after time. Occasionally a high speed burn will boot, but it is far less reliable than a low speed burn.